Designing Musically Assisted Rehabilitation Systems
Journal
Music and Medicine
Year
2011
Abstract
This article reviews the process of designing technology to meet specific needs during rehabilitation-oriented music therapy. Individuals with acquired brain injury have unique needs, many of them involving physical rehabilitation. These needs are evaluated throughout the music therapy processes described and provide the foundational guidelines for new instrument designs. The article suggests that instruments designed with rehabilitation goals in mind may differ from traditional music instruments. Music technologies (musical instrument digital interface [MIDI] instruments and software) developed by the author to facilitate particular interventions during music therapy rehabilitation will be described. An embedded 'Midi-Fly' technology that captures quantitative data related to these interventions will be explicated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Music and Health Institute Terms
Music Therapy; Playing an Instrument; Recreative Music Methods; Rehabilitation Exercises; Traumatic Brain Injury
Indexed Terms
rehabilitation; technology; traumatic brain injury
Study Type
Editorial, Opinions, Position Papers
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Ramsey, D. W. (2011). Designing Musically Assisted Rehabilitation Systems. Music and Medicine, 3 (3), 141-145. Retrieved from https://remix.berklee.edu/mhi-citations/1687